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UNITED@ i-STATES- PTENT OFFICE@ JOHN J. SOHILLINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0."233,030, dated October'5, 1880.

Application tiled March 2G. 1880.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, JOHN J. SGHILLINGER, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inFermenting and Storage House for Beer and other Liquids, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, in a building for fermentingand storing beer and other liquids, of a fermenting-tun built up on theopen-top door of the building, anicereceiver fastened to the bottom oflthe fermenting-tun and extending up to a level, or nearly so, with thetop edge of the fermentin tun and down beneath its bottominto the storybelow, au open platform or grate to support the ice in the ice-receiver,and a storing-room for receiving one or more casks below such openplatform or grate, so that the foul gases which rise from the liquidduring the process of fermentation escape freely without having a chanceto enter the storing-room or to affect the fermenting liquid, and thatthe ice contained in one and the sameice-receiver serves to cool theliquid in the fermenting-tun and the air in the storing-room.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l represents a transverse vertical section of my fermentin g andstorage house in the plane aow, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal verticalsection in the plane y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letterAdesignates my fermenting and storage house,the top story of which is occupied by a fermenting-tun, B, which, in theexample shown in the drawings, forms an integral pa-rt of the building,its sides being protected against the influence of the externalatmosphere by a layer of coal-dust or other had conductor of heatinterposed between the double walls of the building. The space above thefermenting-tun B is covered by a roof, C, but it is open on three sides,so that the foul gases which rise during the fermenting process of beeror other liquids can freely escape.

ln theinterior of the fermentin g-tunis placed an ice-receiver, D, whichis made of sheet metal in the form of a cylinder, and provided (Nomodel.)

with a flange, a., by means of which it rests upon lthe bottom of thefernlentingtuu. It extends down beneath said bottom close to a grate oropen platform,E,so that theice placed into said receiver rests upon thisgrate. The top of the ice-receiver is on a level, or nearly so, with thetop of the fermenting-tun, and it is provided with aJ cover, b, which ismade of or protected on its innersuri'ace by a layer of wood or otherbad conductor of heat, and which closes down tight, but can readily beremoved for the purpose of filling the receiver with ice.`

The space beneath the grate E forms a storage-room large enough toreceive one or more casks, F, which are introduced through doors c inthe side of the building, and which are provided with faucets d,extending out through the side ofthe building, so that samples of theliquid in the casks can be drawn and tested i without openingthe doorsc. A suitable shield or screen, e, which is attached to the grate E,prevents the drip-water from striking the bun g of the upper cash, butthe drip-water is free to ow down over the sides of the cask or casks.

By this arrangement the ice in the receiver D serves to cool the liquidin the fermeutin gtun and the air in the storage-room, and the foulgases which escape from the fermentingtun have no chance to pass intothe storageroom, so that the air in this room remains pure and itstemperature can be readily maintained at the desired point. On one sidethe fermenting and storage houseA joins an ice-house,G both beingseparated from each other by a common partition-wall, H, and in thiswall are apertures j', leading from the exterior of the icehouse intothe storage-room of the house A. These apertures can be opened or closedat will by suitable shutters, and it' one or more of them are open thecold air from the ice-house has access to the storage-room.

The ice'house is provided with doors g, through which the ice isintroduced, and the roof hof theice-house is provided withahatchway, t',which also gives access to the interior of the ice-house. Said roof issituated at such a level that a person standing thereon can convenientlyinspect the fermenting-tun B, and that from said roof the ice-receiver Dcan be easily reached whenever it is desirable to do so.

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In practice I build two or more fermenting and storage houses on eachside ot the iochouse G, as shown in the drawings.

By this arrangement a brewer is enabled to pnt up a fermenting andstorage house, together with the ice-house, at a comparatively smallexpense, and if the business increases he can readily add morefermenting and storage houses in a short time and with little expense.

It is obvious that in the ice-receiver D any other suitable coolinmedium may be substituted for ice, such as one ot' the well-knownfreezing-mixtures or one oi' the means commonly employed inice-machines.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, is-

The combination, in a. building for fermenting and storing beer andother liquids, of a fer menting-tun built up on the open-top floor ofthe building, an ice-receiver supported by the bottom of thefermenting-tmi and extending up to a level, or nearly so, with the topedge thereof Aand down beneath its bottom into the story below, an openplatform or grate to support the ice in the ice-receiver, and astoringroom for receiving one or more casks below such open platform orgrate, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof l have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. SGHILLINGER.

Witnesses W.' HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

